Hadassah fundraiser falls victim to Bernie Madoff

Hadassah’s annual fundraiser, the Angel of Mercy Luncheon, is, at 60-plus years, the oldest continuous event on the Palm Beach social calendar.

The event, scheduled for Tuesday at The Ritz-Carlton, has been postponed.

Pat Feuer laid the blame directly at the clay feet of Bogus Bernie.

“How can we ask people for money when they’ve lost everything?” she said. “Some of his investors were our biggest supporters.”

Instead, Feuer said, the group plans to send a letter to its supporters and enclose a tea bag, telling them the lunch is “now a tea at their house — or mine, if they want to come over,” she said. “That way we keep the event going until the things turn around.”

About the Author

Shannon Donnelly has spent decades covering the Palm Beach social scene with a gimlet eye, which is unsurprising considering her favorite drink is the vodka gimlet. And champagne. And the margarita. And the mojito. Her assignments for PBDN have put her aboard the HMS Brittania, in the Royal Enclosure at Ascot, at the Democratic and Republican conventions, toe-to-toe with Shaquille O’Neal at Donald Trump’s wedding reception, and freezing her butt off at the inauguration of George W. Bush. She has yet to be taken from an event in handcuffs. But, you never know…